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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BUITANNICUM. 



when mentioned otherwise. (Don's Mill.) Deciduous : forming bushes 

 partly low and dense, and partly large and rambling. Natives of Britain, 

 Continental Europe, Asia, and North America. 



A. Species Natives of Europe. 

 & 15. R. ALPI N NA Lin. The Alpine Rose. 



entfficalfon. Lin. Sp., 703. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5G7. 



s. R. rupestris Crantz Austr. 85. ; R. monspellaca Govern Monsp. 255. ; R. inermis Mill. 

 Diet. No. 6. , R. hybrida Vill. Dauph. 3. p. 554. j R. lagenaria Vill. 1. c. p. 563. ; R. bifl&ra Krok. 

 Fl. Sfl. 2. p. 157. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 279. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 474. ; and our fig. 565. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Unarmed. Fruit elongated, pendulous. Peduncles hispid. 

 (Doji's Mill.) Flowers erect, blush-coloured, solitary. Fruit orange red, 

 oblong or obovate, with long sepals, generally pendulous. An unarmed 

 shrub. Alps of Austria, hills in the South of France, Silesia, Bohemia 

 Dauphine, Switzerland, &c. Height 5ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1683 

 Flowers blush-coloured ; June and July. Fruit orange red ; ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



566. R. a. lae'vls 



666. R. alplna. 



Varieties. ^ . 



& R. a. 2 la? vis Ser., but not of Desv. or Red. ; R. Sangmsorba majons, 



&c., Dill. Elth. ; 7?. alpina glabra Desv. ; R. a. vulgaris Red. Ros. 2. 



p. 111., and our fg. 566. ; has the stem, peduncles, and cal)X quite 



glabrous, and the fruit oblong. 

 at R. a. 3 speciosa Hort. Drummond's Thornless Rose. A very beau- 



tiful climbing variety, raised by Mr. Drummond in the Cork Botanic 



Garden, about 1820. 



Other Varieties. Fourteen are described in the first edition of this work, 

 but they are chiefly of botanical interest. 



M 16. R. suxVis Willd. The sweet Rose. 



Identification. Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 37. ; Link Enum., 2. p. 57. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 567. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 40. ; and our fig. 567. 



S2>ec. Char., $c. Stem hispid. Leaves glabrous, glau- 



cescent beneath. Peduncles and petioles clothed with 



glandular bristles. (Don's Mill.) Petals deep purple, 



deeply 2-lobed. Fruit oblong, glabrous. A hispid 



shrub". Native country unknown, most probably Eu- 

 rope. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1818 



Flowers deep purple; June and July. Fruit scarlet , 



ripe in September. 



This very distinct variety, or perhaps species, of rose 

 is probably at present wanting in British collections ; for 

 it must not be confounded with Rosa suaveolens or 

 with Rosa, suavifolia, both described in Le Botaniste Cul- 

 tivateur as varieties of R. rubiginosa, or synonymes to that species. 



